Bed.



No. 639,234. Patented Dec. I9, |899.

M. P. HENDERSON.

B E D (Application led May 11, 1899.)

(No Model.)

ATTORNEYJ TH: Nonms PETERS co., Puoruuma. fummo-ron, o. 4:

llNrTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARIE P. HENDERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Lio-639,234, dated December19, 1899- Application filed May ll, 1899. Serial No. 716,335. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIE POWER HEN- DERSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBeds, of which the following is a full and complete specification, suchas will enable those skilled iu the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

Thisinvention relates to beds, and has more particular reference to abed of adjustable length.

The object of my invention is to provide a bed which may normally be ofcontracted or short length, but capable of longitudinal eX- tension. Asordinarily constructed beds are necessarily made of a length required bythe height of the average or above the average occupant, and henceoccupy unnecessary space in hotel, dwelling, and other rooms. By myinvention a bed may be constructed to normally fit in length the heightof persons of short stature or even of a more diminished length and maybe readily longitudinally extended when desired.

My invention is fully disclosed in the following speciiication, of whichthe accom panying drawings form a part, in which like referencecharacters denote like parts in the several views, and in which- Figurel is a side elevation of a bed constructed according to my invention;Fig. 2, a plan view thereof; and Fig. 3, an end view thereof, looking inthe direction of the arrow, `Fig. l, the upper part of the end supportsbeing cut away.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I provide end supportswhich are constructed as follows and provided with uprights d, each pairof which is provided with a cross-rod b. Connected at each side to oneof the uprights ce is a rigid` angular frame, comprisingdiagonally-inclined sides c and end d and preferably composed of asingle bent bar or tube.

Centrally of the end d alegcprojects downwardly therefrom, and connectedwith each of the legs c is a length of chain f, each of which isprovided with a hook g, adapted to engage one of the links of the otherlength of chain.

A mattress-frame having sides h and ends j rests upon the ends d of theframe c d between the inclined sides c, which prevent lateral movementthereof, and the mattressframe hj is provided with a hinged end portion7c Z, hinged thereto, as at m, and adapted, with the bed in contractedposition, as in the drawings, to rest upon the frame hy'. When it isdesired to expand the bed longitudinally, one of the supports a b cismoved away from the corresponding end of the mattress-frame h j, and thehinged end portion tlis straightened out to project in the same plane asthe frame hj and rest rearwardly of the corresponding support-frame endd, as shown in dotted lines in. Fig. 2.

When the bed is in contracted position, the hook g of one of the chainsfmay engage the other chain f and prevent longitudinal eXtension thereof.

It is evident that many changes may be made in the construction andoperation of my invention and I claim all such as are within the scopethereof. y

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent--V l. An improved adj ustable bed, comprising endsupports embodying an inwardly-proj ectingsupplementary framehavingsides,a crossbar connecting said sides and provided with asupporting leg or standard, a mattress-frame having an extensible hingedend portion'and adapted to be received within the supplementary portionsof said end supports, and chains or flexible connecting means extendinglongitudinally beneath said mattress-frame and connected to the endsupports and adjustable to govern the position of the latter,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An improved adjustable bed, comprising the end supports embodying theend uprights connected by a cross-bar and having the supplementalinwardly-projecting frame consisting of the side pieces, the crossbarconnecting said side pieces and carrying the leg or standard, themattress-frame provided with an extensible hinged end portion andadapted to be received within the supplementary portion of the endsupports, and the adj usting-chains respectively connected to said legor standard of the supplementary frame of the end sup- IOO ports andextending; longitudinally beneath the mattress-frame and provided withend hooks, substantially as and for the purpose Set forth.

3. An improved adjustable bed, comprising the end supports embodying themain uprights connected by a cross-bar and provided Withtheinwardly-projectingsupplementary frame consisting of the inclinedsides, the cross-bar connectingsaid sides and Carrying the central legor standard, and the adjusting-chains respectively Connected to saidlegs or standards

